[Goose]

Another way to look at it is that we had a team that was good enough to have beaten several teams remaining in this tourney but we squandered that ability somehow and lost to the lowly Weenies at the end of the season and got pummeled in the Pac-12 tourney.  So, it makes it worse.

Clearly Stanford had some issues with personnel and "team cohesion" at the end of the year. That said, I think what it really shows is that this year nobody was dominant, everybody had major flaws, and if your shots were going in that night you won and if they weren't you lost. As I understand it, this is the only the second time in history a 12 seed has made it this far in the NCAA tournament. Certainly not a typical year IMHO. So, while I  wonder what will happen with the coaching staff and team next year, I am not putting as much weight behind beating Arizona and UCLA this year as I would have in the past. It isn't meaningless, but it isn't a great accomplishment either.

[Goose]

Another way to look at it is that we had a team that was good enough to have beaten several teams remaining in this tourney but we squandered that ability somehow and lost to the lowly Weenies at the end of the season and got pummeled in the Pac-12 tourney.  So, it makes it worse.

Clearly Stanford had some issues with personnel and "team cohesion" at the end of the year. That said, I think what it really shows is that this year nobody was dominant, everybody had major flaws, and if your shots were going in that night you won and if they weren't you lost. As I understand it, this is the only the second time in history a 12 seed has made it this far in the NCAA tournament. Certainly not a typical year IMHO. So, while I  wonder what will happen with the coaching staff and team next year, I am not putting as much weight behind beating Arizona and UCLA this year as I would have in the past. It isn't meaningless, but it isn't a great accomplishment either.